Regional A Bologna for the Americas Representatives from 40 countries gathered at the first Conference of the Americas on International Education in October to discuss the possibility of a common higher-education space of the Americas, similar to the Bologna agreement in Europe. Proponents argue that…
Regional Wide Gap Exists Between Perceptions of Quality in Education and the Reality There is a widespread belief in Latin America that the region has some of the best public universities and scientific research centers in the world, according to a region-wide 2008 Gallup/Inter-American Development…
Brazil Brazilian President Calls for Greater Regional Integration at Founding of New Regional University Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in September called for the acceleration of Latin American integration plans when giving the first lecture at the newly-founded Federal University for Latin American…
Regional Tightening the Screw on Overseas Medical Providers The investigative branch of the U.S. Congress has called on the Department of Education to start looking into issues of quality and value at for-profit foreign medical schools where American students use federal student loans to cover…
Canada International Education: One Way Traffic While Canadian politicians and education officials dream up new ways to lure ever more international students to the nation’s institutions of higher education, very few Canadians are heading the other way. In fact just 3 percent of Canada’s undergraduate…